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Old 08-17-2017, 02:48 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I bought a bluetooth keyboard and now have the equivalent of a 5" laptop.
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He determined that it had a bad generator. Instead of a bad alternator that can be replaced for a couple hundred dollars, it would cost $5,000.

He said it was common, but this was the first time I heard of it.
Never heard of that problem.

And $5k repair cost is just silly talk. If you were facing a repair like that on an older Prius, you could just put in a used drivetrain, which go for peanuts, comparatively.
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